Image by alancleaver_2000 via FlickrThe United States Department of Education has issued new and revised regulations pertaining to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, better known as FERPA, on December 2, 2011.
You can read the federal Register version here. A guide to the new FERPA regs for school districts and state departments of education may be found here. A similar guide for parents and children may be found here.
One of the forces behind the changes was the reform principle that states and districts should be able to analyze school performance without FERPA rules getting in the way. Clearly I'm summarizing, but you get the idea.
